Digital Haryana Summit to draw investors to Gurgaon

The government has begun full-fledged preparations for the first edition of 'Digital Haryana Summit' scheduled for September 15, in a move to promote Gurgaon as a favoured investment destination and IT hub.

On August 23, Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) Keshni Anand Arora held a meeting with officials of different departments involved and reviewed arrangements being made to ensure success of the submit. Additional Chief Secretary (Tourism) VS Kundu and Principal Secretary (Electronics and IT) Devender Singh were also present.

Arora said the objective behind the summit was to bring together industry experts, visionaries, heads of states, policy makers, academicians and corporate honchoes on a single platform to ready a roadmap for speedy growth of Haryana. Also, the summit will aim at connecting building blocks of digital governance, and promoting innovation through citizens' partnership.

"The idea is to bring together all stakeholders for scripting digital transformation of Haryana," Arora added.

Officials said the daylong summit, being organised as part of the Swarna Jayanti celebrations of Haryana, would focus on topics like governance, citizen services, mobility, smart living, startup ecosystem and entrepreneurship, data and technology.

Also, Chief Minister Manohar Lal will hold a meeting with industry leaders during the concluding session of the summit.

While National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) will be the event partner, KPMG will be the knowledge partner.